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May 15, 2011
Babying the staff
Clinicians from two Tennessee hospitals got a taste of what it's like to be a newborn in the hospital, when they participated in an exercise called "Preemie for a Day."
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May 15, 2011
St. Mary's plans acquisition of Saint Joseph's East Georgia
St. Mary's Health Care System of Athens, Ga., plans to acquire Saint Joseph's East Georgia in Greensboro, Ga., and to build a replacement facility for the 25-bed critical access hospital.
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May 15, 2011
Ascension Health plans to acquire Alexian Brothers Health System
Ascension Health is in negotiations to acquire Alexian Brothers Health System, potentially by the end of the year. The organizations have signed a nonbinding letter of intent through which the Arlington Heights, Ill.-based Alexian Brothers would join the St. Louis-based system.
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May 15, 2011
Affordable Care Act providing benefits now for seniors, youth
Millions of seniors and young adults are among those who have obtained greater protections against health care costs as a result of provisions in the year-old Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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May 15, 2011
CHA to study whether membership should include for-profits
Recent changes in ownership at a number of Catholic hospitals have resulted in some of these institutions becoming for-profit companies while maintaining their Catholic identity.
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May 15, 2011
Secret shopper technique sharpens patient focus at St. Rita's
The health care industry can learn many lessons from the shopping mall. That is the message from Walt Kinsey, vice president of patient experience at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima, Ohio, and a 44-year career veteran of Macy's department stores.
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May 15, 2011
Institute taps community resources to tackle Bellingham health concerns
An institute in Bellingham, Wash., is helping its backers to marshal local talent and to secure funding to delve into some of the area's most pressing health care concerns.
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May 15, 2011
Dr. Atul Gawande, MacArthur 'genius,' author and surgeon, to speak at assembly
In best-selling books and award-winning articles, surgeon and journalist Dr. Atul Gawande chronicles the daily failings of American medicine. The problems — spiraling costs, poor coordination of care, refusal to accept patient mortality or clinician fallibility — are unwieldy and entrenched.
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May 15, 2011
The challenge of change
The history of Catholic health care in the U.S. has been one of almost continuous change and risk. The constant has been our mission, and we have made adaptation after adaptation to remain available for the mission.
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May 01, 2011
Keeping Up